Security Patrol

We all want our families and property to be safe.  County, State, and Federal records show that neighborhoods with an active patrol program have significantly less trouble than those without one.  A key element is a marked car, clearly visible, frequently moving about the neighborhood.  This calls for our help because it requires patrols more often than the sheriff alone can perform.

The security patrol is manned by a volunteer group of your neighbors.  Two-hour car patrols of Overbrook Gardens are made two or three evenings a week.  You place the magnetic Security Patrol reflective signs on the sides and back of your car and simply ride around the area at a slow speed with the cell phone and large flood light provided.  If you see something suspicious or questionable you call it in and then leave the area.  You are not to get out of the car or take any action other than calling the police.  You are simply the eyes for the law.

Patrol teams are two people, usually husband and wife.  They are given one hour of training to prepare for conducting patrols.  The training is not difficult.  It includes how to use the cell phone provided, what information to observe and report, and how to make sure you are always safe during the patrol.  Thereafter you will be scheduled to do a two-hour patrol on an evening convenient to you about once every two months.  If you do not have a partner there are other similar participants who have been trained and are willing to be paired up with another person.  Everyone, including renters, can help.   If you are not already a member of the security patrol, we need your help especially if your are usually here in the summer.  Contact Mike Beyne, 204-7478, to schedule your training.

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